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2021-03-31-accounts

Charity no. 1161520

Bourne Christian Centre Report and Unaudited Financial Statements

31 March 2021

Bourne Christian Centre

Reference and administrative details

For theyear ended 31 March 2021 For theyear ended 31 March 2021
Charity number 1161520
Registered office and Bourne Chapel
operational address Waters Road
Kingswood
Bristol
BS15 8BE
Trustees The trustees who served during the year and up to the date of this report
were as follows:
C Cox
(Appointed 25 January 2021)
P Cullimore (Resigned 29 December 2020)
S Edwards
(Appointed 29 December 2020)
R Finlayson
S Lee
M Southall
D Wellington
Leadership team The leaders who held office during the year are:
Francesca and Paul Meager
Mark and Vicky Payton
Jon and Julia Pike
Mark and Karen Southall
Jon Steer
Paul and Esther Tiley
Bankers CAF Bank Ltd
PO Box 289
West Malling
Kent
ME19 4TA
Independent examiner Godfrey Wilson Limited
Chartered accountants and statutory auditors
5th Floor Mariner House
62 Prince Street
Bristol
BS1 4QD

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Bourne Christian Centre

Report of the trustees

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The trustees present their report along with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2021. The financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011 and Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019).

The income of the charity is below the threshold for a statutory audit to be required. The trustees have therefore opted to have the accounts independently examined fulfilling the requirements of the Charity Commission.

OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES

Objectives

The objectives of the trust are to proclaim and further the Gospel of God concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, the preaching and teaching of the Christian faith and the relief of people in need, hardship or distress.

When planning the activities to outwork our objectives the trustees have considered the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit and, in particular, the specific guidance on charities for the advancement of religion.

Vision

The church has a strong and committed congregation and as a group we are keen to find God and outwork his vision for this church:

Rooted in Christ, Growing in love

The leadership see us outworking this through being a ‘deep and wide’ church. We need to get deep as a church in the spirit, the word and love, with a hunger to receive new gifts, to grow in our gifting and to enable others to do the same. Wide is about more than our church, it is about reaching out into the community. Increasingly we want to be a church that:

proclaims good news to the poor, binds up the broken hearted, proclaims freedom to the captives and release from the darkness for the prisoners, proclaims the year of the Lord’s favour and the day of the vengeance of our God, comforts all who mourn and provides for those who grieve in Zion.

Isaiah 61:1

There are three areas that we are focusing on to outwork this vision – celebrating family, engaging community and making Jesus known.

An important part of outworking our vision is for us to take our place in the body of Christ in Bristol, which we are achieving through our relationship with Rob Scott-Cook and the Woodlands Group of Churches.

The leadership regularly discuss issues with Rob Scott-Cook and appreciate the wisdom and insight he brings.

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Pastoral Care and Outreach

People who come to the church regularly are invited to join a home group and the leaders of these groups develop a close relationship with their members, this personal contact enables people to grow in their relationship with God and to deal with problems they are encountering. Where further help is needed to support individuals the leadership of the church become involved.

The church is involved in outreach through talking to shoppers at Kings Chase Shopping Centre on a Saturday morning, as well as through the meetings and groups we run.

Grants are paid at the discretion of the trustees, these grants are for the furtherance of the gospel or for the poor, for an analysis see note 6 in the accounts.

The church is committed to reaching as many of the local community as possible and this is achieved through advertising our services and other activities at the church and meeting people at the shopping centre.

Gathered Church

Meetings where the church gathers are a useful forum to preach the gospel, to help people grow in their relationship with God and are a fundamental part of the Church. The church holds the following meetings:

The church also runs a number of groups for the local community:

We also host a branch of the East Bristol Foodbank from our offices, staffed by volunteers from the churches in Kingswood. Foodbank is a project seeded by the Trussell Trust and it provides emergency food for local people in crisis.

Incredible Kids, who were previously using our premises to run play sessions for families with a child with a disability or additional need to reduce inequality and social isolation, were able to find other dedicated premises during the year. The rental for these sessions has ceased although we continue to offer them some storage space until they are able to fully move their equipment out to the new venue.

Bourne Family Project

Our mission is to express Christ’s compassion and love to those in crisis through providing professional counselling and children’s therapy so everyone who comes to us can believe in their inner strength, build resilience and reach their full potential.

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We welcome families and individuals from across Bristol and South Gloucestershire via self-referrals, or through other organisations and services such as GP’s, schools and nurseries. Whatever your reason for seeking our support, our team of qualified and student therapists help people to:

The Children’s Creative Therapy Team works with children of all ages. We use art, movement, drama, puppets, dolls house, sand tray, role-play toys, storytelling and clay to help children develop a trusting therapeutic relationship with their therapist, allowing the child to feel safe enough to express their feelings. This is a way for troubled children to process their traumatic experiences, either through talking, or the metaphor of play, helping to make painful memories less intense and increasing resilience.

The Adult Counselling Team works with individuals. Without prejudice or passing judgement we welcome all adults to the Bourne Family Project, providing a safe and confidential space to work through worries, difficulties or traumatic life experiences. We work in a person-centred way, carefully listening to each person’s story, empowering individuals to explore ways to wellbeing, become more self-aware, find the strength to make positive life changes, develop resilience, and have hope for the future.

A qualified speech and language therapist is employed one day a week to deliver one-to-one speech and language therapy and run practical group courses and information sessions. This work is aimed at pre-school children.

We have links with the local health centres and schools enabling us to reach as wide a section of the local community as possible. A small charge is made for our services, but we take into account an individual’s circumstances to ensure that an inability to pay does not exclude any beneficiaries.

Bristol Homeless Outreach

Bristol Homeless Outreach is a group from the church who have a heart to serve homeless people in Bristol and Kingswood. We go out once a month to spend time with the homeless, giving support in the form of signposting and a sandwich and hot drink as well as much needed basics like socks and thermals but mainly a caring ear and whenever possible a prayer.

Depending on the time of year we carry:

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We encourage those we meet to seek relevant help from established organisations such as ‘Night Stop’ for the under 25’s, The Methodist Day Centre and Crisis Centre Ministries who run Spring of Hope (women’s night shelter) and Wild Goose Café and to present themselves as homeless to the Housing Offices to access help.

We pray first and then split into groups of between three and five people, aiming to have at least one man in each group. These groups do a circular walk around the Centre of Bristol. There is also a prayer team who regularly support the project by being there in prayer for the team and those they meet.

Bourne Relief

Bourne Relief was established as the fundraising section of the church, with the aim of supporting and enabling those in need wherever they are. The charities we supported were:

Gifts of Love International was launched in 2007 by an American couple, Don and Barb Kassebaum, who bought a 26-acre plot of land in Brito, Guatemala, on which to build an orphanage. They currently have three houses, where 72 orphaned and street children live with Christian house parents. There is also a school and church on the site and they are looking to build a fourth house. The children are sent to Brito by the courts and so do not necessarily stay there long term, often they come for a short period until a suitable long term home is found. Their ultimate goal is be able to house 150 children.

In August 2017 the Meager family, who are part of our church, went to Mozambique to serve in the Iris Ministries base in Pemba. Iris Ministries support children and widows on the base including a school, a nursery and a feeding programme. The Meager’s helped in the school teaching English and also befriended a number of local boys who they supported to join the school and helped them settle in. On their return in July 2018, they continued to support the local boys and plan to return every summer to help Iris Ministries to build solid houses for the boys’ families. The first of these houses was built in July 2019. Plans were made to for a team of volunteers to visit Mozambique to support further house building, but due to Covid-19 these plans have had to be suspended and alternative means of building the houses considered.

The fundraising is done by means of regular donations, sponsored and social events.

Grant Making Policy

Grants are paid to individuals and charities at the discretion of the trustees and in line with the charity’s grant making policy. These grants are for the furtherance of the gospel or for the poor.

Volunteers

The trustees are very grateful for the volunteers who work within the church. We currently have 55 people who help on a voluntary basis and without them the church would not function. The volunteers are involved in every area of the church, particularly:

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ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE

The Church

Our meetings have continued online during the majority of the year with our Sunday morning meetings being well attended.

On the first Sunday of the month we usually hold a more informal service in the Lower Hall with space for discussion and breakfast. This is an opportunity for those who are looking into Christianity to ask questions and find out a little more about our faith. We have also used the meetings as an interface between the groups we run and the church. During the year these were suspended due to the Covid19 pandemic and government guidelines.

All church meetings and groups were stopped mid- March due to the Covid-19 outbreak. Church members are keeping in touch with each other by WhatsApp and Zoom and we started streaming a Sunday Morning Worship meeting from 23 March.

A significant number of those attending the groups that regularly use the Lower Hall (Silver Singers, Community Club, Messy Play, Bourne Youth Club and Incredible Kids) are not part of our church. Group leaders maintained remote contact with their attendees where possible during the Covid-19 lockdown period.

The church does not operate a formal membership structure but seeks to support all those who come to our meetings.

Children’s and Youth Work

During the Sunday morning meeting there are five classes for children and youth covering the ages from one to eighteen. These classes use age-appropriate material to help those who attend to understand more about the Christian faith and to build their relationship with God.

Fortnightly youth meetings take place in the homes of church members for youth at secondary school. Whilst the attendance is small, we see the work as very important and have been developing it with the youth following a bible study. These were conducted over Zoom and were a value connection point during the pandemic, for the youth that attended during the year.

The Bourne Youth Club for children in school years 6-9 runs on the first and third Friday of each month, with approximately half of those attending having no other links with our church. Each session includes games, a talk and some food. It is well supported by volunteers who come and cook the children some food and build relationships with them. These groups have been suspended until government rules allow for them to restart.

Bourne Family Project Activities

The main focus for our services continues to be adult counselling, children’s creative therapies and speech and language therapy.

Bourne Family Project has undergone many changes this year. We have a new manager in September. A new position of Counselling and Creative Therapy Lead started and was filled in November. Several of our students have finished their training and we have been replacing them. A new adult counsellor also joined the team.

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Counselling

Our individual counselling service offers one to one weekly counselling to adults (over 18). Sessions run three days and one evening a week. Wednesday morning sessions used to offer a creche but with Covid-19 it was stopped. This service will not be resuming. Referral reasons have included family separation, depression (including post-natal), bereavement, anxiety, domestic abuse, sexual and emotional abuse, trauma, anger, recent diagnosis including illness, ADHD and Autism.

Our counselling team comprises of two qualified paid counsellors, plus 2 volunteers and 3 students. At the close of the year our team of 6 counsellors delivered a combined average of 25 one to one sessions per week. The average number of sessions per client is between 16 and 26 weeks.

Our adult referrals are low. We have received 24 new referrals (compared to 44 the previous year) and our waiting list at the end of the year held 17 cases. This equates to a three to four month wait. Referrals have continued to be received from a variety of sources including GPs, health visitors and other supporting agencies. Our largest referral base is self-referral but also includes schools and children’s centres.

We currently do not have any couples counselling. This is not something we are looking to provide in the immediate future but will monitor depending on demand. Neither of our current counsellors are trained in couples counselling.

Monitoring forms and verbal feedback continue to show that our counselling service provides a valuable and tangible difference to our clients.

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Creative Therapies Service

Our creative therapy service continues to offer one to one weekly therapy to children aged between 4 and 16. This service is primarily funded by Children in Need. Weekly sessions last for 50 minutes and run four days a week, including after school slots. Each therapist also conducts reviews with parents/carers every 6 – 8 weeks. Reasons for referrals:

Referrals come from a variety of places including schools, social workers, health visitors, other agencies and parents.

At the close of the year, our team of three qualified therapists, one volunteer and 4 students supported 65 children which was only 6 clients less than the year before despite the pandemic. The initial contract is for 16 weeks but this often gets extended by 10 more weeks and the average client receives 26 weeks of therapy with some receiving many more.

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We have received 68 new referrals this year. At the close of the year, waiting times increased from 18 months to two years with 130 children on the waiting list. We do not want to close our waiting list and have made some adjustments to be put in place by the end of July to counteract this:

We have not been able to run any courses or support groups this year because of Covid.

The Lead therapist role responsible for monitoring and allocating cases has worked hard to keep therapist slots full and will complete more triaging over the coming year for everyone on our waiting list and for new referrals.

Feedback from creative therapy, gained through ‘strengths and difficulties questionnaire’ scores and internal questionnaires, shows the service continues to provide crucial and effective support for the children we see and their families. For example, 100% of families said they were satisfied with this service and would recommend us to others. and 87% said all or most of their therapeutic goals had been met.

Speech and Language Therapy

This year saw the successful continuation of our speech and language therapy service which was launched in January 2019. A qualified speech and language therapist is employed one day a week to deliver to 1:1 speech and language therapy sessions to children aged under 5. Usually, she would deliver a four-week group course and two general workshops (Creating Communicators) for both parents and early years professionals to educate and support in language and communication development. During the pandemic this was unable to happen. Current funding was extended to ensure the therapist was employed up to the summer. We are currently applying for a new grant for the therapist to run outdoor group communication skills sessions for small groups of Early Years children and their parents.

Conclusion

Since starting her new role, the manager has worked to monitor and assess current practises and procedures in order to refine and improve them as necessary. Our new website was launched in March and Facebook and Instagram are regularly updated to engage the community around us.

Supporting therapy students, as always, has been an important part of what we do, and we are proud to have helped 8 students in their training.

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As we go into the coming year, we are focusing on becoming sustainable. Our funding with BBC Children in Need will end in March 2022. We will apply again but they have capped their funding allowance, so we need to find other ways to generate income as well as grants. Future plans include:

Bourne Relief

Expenditure in Bourne Relief is comprised of general bank charges.

The money raised is used for specific projects undertaken by the charities we support and is therefore distributed as the need arises, although it is not our intention to build up reserves. The distribution in the year is as follows:

efore distributed as the need arises,
ribution in the year is as follows:		 although it is not
£
Gifts of Love International 2,020
IRIS Pemba 4,328

In the current year fundraising events took place to finance a trip back to Mozambique for the summer and helped to build the first of the block houses. The scheduled visit in July 2020 was cancelled due to Covid-19 and we found a local contact who helped us to fund the building of three houses for the families we support. We are now discussing with Iris Ministries to see if they can build another house with the money we have collected.

We also helped the children who returned to school by supporting their school fees and equipment.

Bristol Homeless Outreach

We rely on our truly wonderful volunteers to team up and spend time talking to our friends who live on the streets of Bristol. Every month we find people from a variety of walks of life who are battling with living on the streets. Some because of bad choices but a vast majority have struggled with violent relationships, abuse, mental health problems, physical disability, poor health. We seek to bring them encouragement, a hot cup of something, some basics such as toothbrushes, hats, etc. and when needed signposting to organisations who offer help. We pray before we go out as well as offering to pray with street people when welcomed to do so. Our prayer team is our greatest resource as we seek out to bless others. This group was suspended due to the covid restrictions, and we are currently reviewing how and when it will restart.

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FINANCIAL REVIEW

Principal Funding Sources and Expenditure Unrestricted Funds

The unrestricted church income mainly comes from donations made by church members. This is used to support the pastoral work and to meet the costs of holding the various church meetings.

Fee income from users of the Bourne Family Project is included in unrestricted income and transferred to a designated fund to support the costs of the project.

To help with routine maintenance and also to support the planned renovation of the buildings we have a designated fund for maintenance, with income transferred from unrestricted funds. Unused funds are carried forward to enable us to undertake larger maintenance and renovation works.

Restricted Funds

Restricted Collections

During the year there have been a number of occasions where church members have been asked to support, or have offered to support, particular projects and so the income for these has been included as restricted collections. The main restricted collections that church members have contributed to are:

During the year major repair work was undertaken on part of the chapel roof, funds for this were taken from the maintenance and building funds.

As well as these collections church members contribute to Bristol Homeless Outreach, Bourne Family Project and Bourne Relief.

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Bourne Family Project

The project was awarded a further three-year grant from Children in Need in March 2019 and a grant from the Quartet Foundation for a speech and language therapist in 2019. During the year further grants were received from:

Grants
Fundraising and donations
Fees and other income
Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
Funding from church
Total income		 £
%
48,107
68%
4,305
6%
5,899
8%
3,562
5%
61,873
87%
9,000
13%
70,873
100%

Bourne Relief

The income received is all through donations and sponsorship and the project has no operating costs.

While the project makes regular grants there is no on-going commitment and so there are no issues over sustainability.

Gifts of Love are saving to build another house on their Brito site and we have kept some funds for this project which will be transferred when they are ready to start work.

Covid-19

The coronavirus has a had a big impact on the services we are able to offer and we have been looking at ways to continue to support our beneficiaries at this time. The main impacts on the charity are as follows:

Gathered Church

We are unable to meet and so have been streaming Sunday worship sessions on a weekly basis. Groups within the church are keeping in touch for example through WhatsApp and Zoom.

The foodbank continues to operate, with measures in place to keep social distancing, and are providing food to an increased number of clients.

We are grateful to our members who are continuing to financially support the church and with the costs reductions that have been made our unrestricted reserves have increased over the year. The trustees are regularly reviewing the financial results, costs and forecasts to ensure we take the necessary action when it is needed.

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Our rental income has reduced however this has previously been used for maintenance projects and so does not have an impact on our day-to-day expenditure. Where appropriate the income that is continuing will be allocated to our general reserves.

Bourne Family Project

After the initial lockdown, we were able to keep our services open. By reducing the number of toys and resources in a room, providing each child with an individual bag of colouring pens, playdough, toys etc and by having thorough cleaning between clients, we have made sure we are a Covid safe environment.

Where there is no work for staff they have been place on furlough and 80% of their salary refunded through the Job Retention Scheme.

We take everyone’s temperature when they enter the building, clients sign a self-declaration form before entering, masks are worn unless exempt, we clean touch points and the waiting room frequently, hand gel is readily available, staff take lateral flow tests. The Risk Assessment form has been reviewed in November, January and March and all staff and volunteers informed of changes.

When restrictions are lifted, we still plan to keep a reduced number of toys in the room for a while, we will still clean between clients and people can wear masks if they wish (in line with government guidelines). Lateral flow testing will also continue.

Policy on Reserves

The trustees have examined the requirement for free reserves and consider that a level of three to six months general expenditure would be adequate. At the year end this would be between £21,515 and £43,031 compared to free reserves of £41,331 which equates to 5.8 months.

The charity is also building up a designated maintenance fund so that we should have funds available for routine maintenance and to cover any major work that may be required.

The accounts have been prepared on the assumption that the charity is able to continue as a going concern. The charity holds unrestricted, general reserves of £41,331 and designated reserves held in net current assets, that can be drawn down if necessary, of £11,038 without impacting restricted funds. The cash balance is £95,910. Covid 19 has not had an impact on our income or on-going expenditure. The trustees therefore consider that the charity has sufficient unrestricted reserves and cash flow to continue as a going concern for a period of at least 12 months from the date on which these financial statements are approved.

THANK YOU

We are very appreciative of the grant funders that have supported us this year and would like to thank:

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A special thanks go to the family and friends of Ros Hick and Carl Briggs who donated in their memory to the Bourne Family Project.

We would also like to thank the church members for their support and all the work they do to outwork the church vision. They support us in a variety of ways; including:

STRUCTURE GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT

Bourne Christian Centre is a registered charity and uses the names of Bourne Christian Centre, Bourne Family Project, Bourne Relief and Bristol Homeless Outreach for the various parts of its work.

Governance

New trustees are appointed by the existing trustees, to bring the appropriate balance of experience and skills. Induction training is provided by the existing trustees, and further training is provided as appropriate.

Trustees

The trustees and leaders who held office during the year, or currently hold office are set out on page 1 of the accounts.

All the trustees held office throughout the year, except where stated, and no remuneration has been paid to any trustee.

Governing Document

The charity is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation, governed by a constitution dated 23 February 2015 and is a registered charity, registered in England and Wales.

Involvement with Other Charities

Rob Scott-Cook of Woodlands Group of Churches provides the Leaders of the church with support and spiritual oversight, through the building of relationship and communication.

The church has also continued its links with Gifts of Love in Guatemala with financial support for the orphanages.

Risk Management

The trustees review the major risks the charity faces on a regular basis and have identified the following risks:

Financial sustainability – the trustees believe that maintaining the reserves at the agreed level, combined with our forecasting and monthly scrutiny of management accounts, will provide sufficient resources in the event of adverse conditions. For more details of the reserves policy see note on page 13.

Safeguarding – the church undertakes a significant amount of work with children and young people and ensuring their safety in our care is paramount. The church safeguarding procedure and policy is based on Churches Child Protection Advisory Service template and is reviewed regularly.

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Health and Safety – the trustees continue to review our policies and procedures.

A thorough risk review is planned throughout 2021 where we will look to reconsider our points of risk and ensure appropriate mitigations are in place where required to safeguard the sustainability and assets of the trust.

STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE TRUSTEES

The trustees are responsible for preparing the trustees' report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102: The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

The law applicable to charities in England and Wales requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year, which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and the incoming resources and application of resources, including the net income or expenditure, of the charity for the year. In preparing those financial statements the trustees are required to:

The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and which enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011, the Charity (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 and the provisions of the constitution. The trustees are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

The trustees are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the corporate and financial information included on the charity's website. Legislation in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.

Members of the charity have no liability to contribute to the assets of the charity in the event of winding up. The trustees are members of the charity but this entitles them only to voting rights. The trustees have no beneficial interest in the charity.

Independent examiners

Godfrey Wilson Limited were re-appointed as independent examiners to the charity during the year and have expressed their willingness to continue in that capacity.

Approved by the trustees on 18 October 2021 and signed on their behalf by

David Wellington, Trustee

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Independent examiner's report

To the trustees of

Bourne Christian Centre

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of Bourne Christian Centre (the CIO) for the year ended 31 March 2021, which are set out on pages 17 to 33.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity trustees of the CIO you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’).

I report in respect of my examination of the CIO’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent examiner’s statement

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Alison Godfrey

Date: 20 October 2021 Alison Godfrey FCA Member of the ICAEW For and on behalf of:

Godfrey Wilson Limited

Chartered accountants and statutory auditors 5th Floor Mariner House 62 Prince Street Bristol BS1 4QD

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Statement of financial activities

For the year ended 31 March 2021

Note
Income from:
Donations and gifts
3
Charitable activities
4
Investments
Total income
Expenditure on:
Raising funds
Charitable activities:
Gathered Church
Pastoral and Outreach
Bourne Family Project
Overseas mission
Total expenditure
5
7
Reconciliation of funds:
Total funds brought forward
Total funds carried forward
Net income / (expenditure) and net
movement in funds		 Restricted
Unrestricted
£
£
31,679
82,389
48,107
14,549
4
27
79,790
96,965
-
-
22,750
72,683
502
1,099
46,237
26,972
6,353
64
75,842
100,818
3,948
(3,853)
41,184
413,414
45,132
409,561		 2021
Total
£
114,068
62,656
31
176,755
-
95,433
1,601
73,209
6,417
176,660
95
454,598
454,693		 2020
Total
£
89,117
65,805
90
155,012
420
66,389
5,915
68,836
7,901
149,461
5,551
449,047
454,598

All of the above results are derived from continuing activities. There were no other recognised gains or losses other than those stated above. Movements in funds are disclosed in note 14 to the accounts.

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Bourne Christian Centre

Balance sheet

As at 31 March 2021

Note
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
10
Current assets
Debtors
11
Cash at bank and in hand
Liabilities
Creditors: amounts falling due within 1 year
12
Net current assets
Net assets
13
Funds
14
Restricted funds
Unrestricted funds
Designated funds
General funds
Total charity funds		 £
6,619
95,910
102,529
(5,028)		 2021
£
357,192
97,501
454,693
45,132
368,230
41,331
454,693		 2020
£
364,512
6,751
87,874
94,625
(4,539)
90,086
454,598
41,184
381,243
32,171
454,598

Approved by the trustees on 18 October 2021 and signed on their behalf by

David Wellington, Trustee

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Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2021

1. Accounting policies

a) Basis of preparation

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities in preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019) - (Charities SORP (FRS 102)), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102).

Bourne Christian Centre meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy note.

b) Going concern basis of accounting

The accounts have been prepared on the assumption that the charity is able to continue as a going concern. The charity holds unrestricted, general reserves of £41,331 and designated reserves held in net current assets, that can be drawn down if necessary, of £11,038 without impacting restricted funds. The cash balance is £95,910. Covid 19 has not had an impact on our income or on-going expenditure. The trustees therefore consider that the charity has sufficient unrestricted reserves and cash flow to continue as a going concern for a period of at least 12 months from the date on which these financial statements are approved.

c) Income

Income is recognised when the charity has entitlement to the funds, any performance conditions attached to the item of income have been met, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.

Income from the government and other grants, whether 'capital' grants or 'revenue' grants, is recognised when the charity has entitlement to the funds, any performance conditions attached to the grants have been met, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably and is not deferred.

d) Donated services and facilities

On receipt, donated professional services and donated facilities are recognised on the basis of the value of the gift to the charity which is the amount the charity would have been willing to pay to obtain services or facilities of equivalent economic benefit on the open market; a corresponding amount is then recognised in expenditure in the period of receipt.

e) Interest receivable

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For the year ended 31 March 2021

1. Accounting policies (continued)

f) Funds accounting

g) Expenditure and irrecoverable VAT

Expenditure is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation to make a payment to a third party, it is probable that settlement will be required and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably.

Irrecoverable VAT is charged as a cost against the activity for which the expenditure was incurred.

Expenditure is analysed as follows:

Raising Funds

This is costs incurred by Bourne Relief and includes office costs and expenses for fund raising events.

Overseas Mission

This includes the distribution of sponsorship and donations made to Bourne Relief for overseas projects.

Pastoral and Outreach Costs

This includes expenses for the pastoral team, outreach and grants made by the church to support charities and individuals including those working overseas.

Gathered Church

This includes the cost of running the meetings to proclaim the gospel, including the Sunday morning meeting, mid-week meetings for youth etc. and costs of the Bourne Chapel and items necessary to hold meetings.

Bourne Family Project

This is the cost of the work we do to support families including counselling, children’s creative therapies and group work.

Support Costs

These are costs incurred to support the activities within the church and includes salaries, insurance and banking, and governance costs. Support costs are allocated to activities based on the proportion of direct activity costs.

Governance Costs

This includes costs incurred in respect of constitutional and statutory matters including the independent examination costs.

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Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2021

1. Accounting policies (continued)

h) Allocation of support and governance costs

Support costs are those functions that assist the work of the charity but do not directly undertake charitable activities. Governance costs are the costs associated with the governance arrangements of the charity, including the costs of complying with constitutional and statutory requirements and any costs associated with the strategic management of the charity’s activities. These costs have been allocated between cost of raising funds and expenditure on charitable activities on the following basis, which is an estimate of resources used in each activity:

2021 2020
Raising funds 0.0% 0.0%
Gathered Church 59.8% 64.4%
Pastoral and Outreach 1.9% 7.1%
Bourne Family Project 38.1% 28.3%
Overseas Mission 0.3% 0.2%

i) Tangible fixed assets

Depreciation is provided at rates calculated to write down the cost of each asset to its estimated residual value over its expected useful life. The depreciation rates in use are as follows:

Freehold buildings 2% straight line
Fixtures and fittings:
PA equipment 10% straight line
Other 25% straight line

Items of equipment are capitalised where the purchase price exceeds £500.

j) Debtors

Trade and other debtors are recognised at the settlement amount due after any trade discount offered. Prepayments are valued at the amount prepaid net of any trade discounts due.

k) Cash at bank and in hand

Cash at bank and cash in hand includes cash and short term highly liquid investments with a short maturity of three months or less from the date of acquisition or opening of the deposit or similar account.

l) Creditors

Creditors and provisions are recognised where the charity has a present obligation resulting from a past event that will probably result in the transfer of funds to a third party and the amount due to settle the obligation can be measured or estimated reliably. Creditors and provisions are normally recognised at their settlement amount after allowing for any trade discounts due.

m) Financial instruments

The charity only has financial assets and financial liabilities of a kind that qualify as basic financial instruments. Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at transaction value and subsequently measured at their settlement value with the exception of bank loans which are subsequently recognised at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

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Bourne Christian Centre

Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2021

1. Accounting policies (continued)

n) Pension costs

The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme for its employees. There are no further liabilities other than that already recognised in the SOFA.

o) Accounting estimates and key judgements

In the application of the charity's accounting policies, the trustees are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and underlying assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised if the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods if the revision affects both current and future periods.

The key sources of estimation uncertainty that have a significant effect on the amounts recognised in the financial statements are the depreciation rates as described above.

2. Prior period comparatives: statement of financial activities

Income from:
Donations and gifts
Charitable activities
Investments
Total income
Expenditure on:
Raising funds
Charitable activities:
Gathered Church
Pastoral and Outreach
Bourne Family Project
Overseas mission
Total expenditure
Net movement in funds		 Restricted
£
£
22,580
66,537
39,788
26,017
13
77
62,381
92,631
420
-
5,007
61,382
494
5,421
42,153
26,683
7,836
65
55,910
93,551
6,471
(920)
Unrestricted		 2020
Total
£
89,117
65,805
90
155,012
420
66,389
5,915
68,836
7,901
149,461
5,551

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Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2021

3. Income from donations and gifts

Income from donations and gifts
Gathered Church
Bourne Family Project
Overseas Mission
Total income from donations and gifts		 Restricted
£
£
19,540
78,827
4,305
3,562
7,834
-
31,679
82,389
Unrestricted		 2021
Total
£
98,367
7,867
7,834
114,068

Included within the amounts above are government grants received under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme of £5,470. There are no unfulfilled conditions or contingencies attaching to these grants.

Prior period comparative:
Gathered Church
Bourne Family Project
Overseas Mission
Total income from donations and gifts		 Restricted
£
£
14,562
66,537
2,313
-
5,705
-
22,580
66,537
Unrestricted		 2020
Total
£
81,099
2,313
5,705
89,117

4. Income from charitable activities

Income from charitable activities
Gathered Church:
Room hire and rent
Bourne Family Project:
Grants
Fees
Total income from charitable activities		 Restricted
£
£
-
8,650
48,107
-
-
5,899
48,107
14,549
Unrestricted		 2021
Total
£
8,650
48,107
5,899
62,656

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Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2021

4. Income from charitable activities (continued)

Prior period comparative:
Gathered Church:
Room hire and rent
Other income
Bourne Family Project:
Grants
Fees
Fundraising
Total income from charitable activities		 Restricted
£
£
-
13,870
-
2,205
37,073
-
-
9,942
2,715
-
39,788
26,017
Unrestricted		 2020
Total
£
13,870
2,205
37,073
9,942
2,715
65,805

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Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2021

5. Total expenditure

Total expenditure
Staff costs (note 8)
Grants payable (note 6)
Premises costs
General expenses
Insurance
Accountancy
Legal and professional
Depreciation
Sub-total
Allocation of support and governance costs
Total expenditure		 Raising
funds
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-		 Gathered
Church
£
14,607
-
44,809
5,078
-
-
-
14,643
79,137
16,296
95,433		 Pastoral
and
Outreach
£
-
-
-
1,088
-
-
-
-
1,088
513
1,601		 Bourne
Family
Project
£
58,141
-
-
4,587
-
-
-
113
62,841
10,368
73,209		 Overseas
Mission
£
-
6,348
-
-
-
-
-
-
6,348
69
6,417		 Support and
governance
costs
£
11,580
-
5,611
4,360
2,949
1,980
766
-
27,246
(27,246)
-		 2021 Total
£
84,328
6,348
50,420
15,113
2,949
1,980
766
14,756
176,660
-
176,660

Total governance costs were £1,980 (2020: £1,920).

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Bourne Christian Centre

Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2021

5.
Total expenditure
Prior period comparative
Staff costs (note 8)
Grants payable (note 6)
Event costs
Premises costs
General expenses
Insurance
Accountancy
Legal and professional
Depreciation
Sub-total
Allocation of support and governance costs
Total expenditure		 Raising
funds
£
-
-
420
-
-
-
-
-
-
420
-
420		 Gathered
Church
£
2,889
-
-
24,234
8,926
-
-
-
12,890
48,939
17,450
66,389		 Pastoral
and
Outreach
£
-
1,500
-
-
2,486
-
-
-
-
3,986
1,929
5,915		 Bourne
Family
Project
£
55,611
-
-
-
5,449
-
-
-
113
61,173
7,663
68,836		 Overseas
Mission
£
-
7,836
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
7,836
65
7,901		 Support and
governance
costs
£
12,106
-
-
5,376
4,538
2,810
1,780
497
-
27,107
(27,107)
-		 2020 Total
£
70,606
9,336
420
29,610
21,399
2,810
1,780
497
13,003
149,461
-
149,461

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Bourne Christian Centre

Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2021

6.
Grants payable
Grants to organisations:
Overseas mission:
IRIS Pemba
Gifts of Love International
Pastoral and outreach:
Crofts End Church
7.
Net movement in funds
This is stated after charging:
Depreciation
Operating lease payments
Trustees' remuneration
Trustees' reimbursed expenses
Independent examiner's remuneration:
Independent examination (including VAT)
(Over) / under accrued in prior year
8.
Staff costs and numbers
Staff costs were as follows:
Salaries and wages
Pension costs		 2021
£
4,328
2,020
-
6,348
2021
£
14,756
2,839
Nil
Nil
1,980
-
2021
£
82,288
2,040
84,328		 2020
£
5,796
2,040
1,500
9,336
2020
£
13,003
1,266
Nil
Nil
1,920
(140)
2020
£
69,037
1,569
70,606

No employee earned more than £60,000 during the year.

The key management personnel of the charitable company comprise the trustees and the leadership team. All key management personnel work in a voluntary capacity.

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Bourne Christian Centre

Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2021

8. Staff costs and numbers (continued)

Staff costs and numbers (continued)
Family support
Gathered Church
Support
Average head count		 2021
No.
6
2
2
10		 2020
No.
6
2
2
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9. Taxation

The charity is exempt from corporation tax as all its income is charitable and is applied for charitable purposes.

10. Tangible fixed assets

Tangible fixed assets
Cost
At 1 April 2020
Additions in year
At 31 March 2021
Depreciation
At 1 April 2020
Charge for the year
At 31 March 2021
Net book value
At 31 March 2021
At 31 March 2020		 Freehold
land and
buildings
£
518,251
-
518,251
160,504
8,381
168,885
349,366
357,747		 Fixtures
and
fittings
£
83,073
7,436
90,509
76,308
6,375
82,683
7,826
6,765		 Total
£
601,324
7,436
608,760
236,812
14,756
251,568
357,192
364,512

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Bourne Christian Centre

Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2021

11. Debtors

Prepayments
Other debtors
Income tax recoverable
Accrued income		 2021
£
1,460
100
1,511
3,548
6,619		 2020
£
1,007
1,150
1,060
3,534
6,751

12. Creditors : amounts due within 1 year

Creditors : amounts due within 1 year
Accruals
Other taxation and social security
Analysis of net assets between funds
Tangible fixed assets
Current assets
Current liabilities
Net assets at 31 March 2021
Prior year comparative
Tangible fixed assets
Current assets
Current liabilities
Net assets at 31 March 2020		 £
-
45,132
-
45,132
£
-
42,054
(870)
41,184
Restricted
funds
Restricted
funds		 £
357,192
11,038
-
368,230
£
364,512
16,731
-
381,243
Designated
funds
Designated
funds		 2021
£
4,262
766
5,028
General
funds
£
-
46,359
(5,028)
41,331
General
funds
£
-
35,840
(3,669)
32,171		 2020
£
3,730
809
4,539
Total
funds
£
357,192
102,529
(5,028)
454,693
Total
funds
£
364,512
94,625
(4,539)
454,598

13. Analysis of net assets between funds

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Bourne Christian Centre

Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2021

14. Movements in funds

Movements in funds
Restricted funds
Restricted Church Funds:
Building Fund
Bristol Homeless Outreach
Overseas Mission Fund
Poor Fund
Hampers
Ministries and Outreach leader
Bourne Relief - Overseas Projects
Bourne Family Project:
Donations and fundraising
Grant - Children in Need
Grant - Aviva creative therapy
Grant - Aviva adult counselling
Grant - Quartet Foundation
Grant - CAF
Grant - CiN Booster
Total restricted funds
Designated funds:
Fixed assets fund
Maintenance fund
Bourne Family Project
Total designated funds
General funds
Total unrestricted funds
Total funds
Unrestricted funds		 At 1 April
2020
£
12,105
2,449
726
-
-
-
14,348
6,360
1,071
-
-
4,125
-
-
41,184
364,512
16,731
-
381,243
32,171
413,414
454,598		 Income
£
8,511
62
60
1,444
153
9,310
7,838
4,305
33,193
4,993
1,772
-
5,200
2,949
79,790
-
8,650
9,460
18,110
78,855
96,965
176,755		 £
(14,431)
(171)
-
(300)
(153)
(7,186)
(6,418)
(1,596)
(32,248)
(2,968)
-
(2,222)
(5,200)
(2,949)
(75,842)
(14,756)
(15,688)
(17,115)
(47,559)
(53,259)
(100,818)
(176,660)
Expenditure		 £
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
7,436
-
9,000
16,436
(16,436)
-
-
Transfers
between
funds		 At 31
March
2021
£
6,185
2,340
786
1,144
-
2,124
15,768
9,069
2,016
2,025
1,772
1,903
-
-
45,132
357,192
9,693
1,345
368,230
41,331
409,561
454,693

Purposes of restricted funds

Building Fund

Our buildings are in need of major renovation to make them more accessible and inclusive and we have started this by repairing a flat roof and part of the roof over the Chapel before moving on to adjustments to the buildings. A Building Fund has been created to finance this project.

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Bourne Christian Centre

Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2021

14. Movements in funds (continued) Purposes of restricted funds (continued)

Bristol Homeless Outreach

Funds donated to support the work of Bristol Homeless Outreach. These funds will be used to purchase items for the homeless such as sandwiches and sleeping bags.

Overseas Mission Fund

The overseas mission fund includes donations towards the costs of individuals going overseas on mission work. This year the donations received were towards the costs of the Mozambique build team members for the trip scheduled for July 2020. This has now been postponed and funds will be held for the next build team visit.

Poor Fund

Funds donated to help support those in financial need in the church.

Hampers

At Christmas we collected donations to give hampers to give to clients of the Bourne Family Project.

Ministries and Outreach leader

During the year it was decided that we needed more office support for the Ministries and Outreach in the church and so a new paid role was created. Church members have made restricted donations which are used to support the cost of this role with the remainder funded from unrestricted funds.

Bourne Relief - Overseas Projects

Funds donated and fundraising to support projects in Mozambique and Guatemala. Grants are then made to the individuals and projects that are supported.

Bourne Family Project:

The Bourne Family Project supports families in the local area. The project receives donations and grants towards its work and these funds are kept separately and spent in accordance with the funders’ specifications. The specific restricted funds within the Bourne Family Project are:

Purposes of designated funds Fixed assets fund

The fixed assets are held in a designated fund with the cost of additions funded by a transfer from unrestricted funds.

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Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2021

14. Movements in funds (continued)

Purposes of designated funds (continued) Maintenance fund

As well as the building work there is maintenance needed to the building and so the charity has a maintenance fund. This is funded through transfers of unrestricted income, any excess in the maintenance fund will be used for the renovation.

Bourne Family Project

The church transfers unrestricted income to cover some of the costs of Bourne Family Project, this includes fees paid by users of the project and a contribution from church funds.

Prior year comparative
Restricted funds
Restricted Church Funds:
Building Fund
Bristol Homeless Outreach
Overseas Mission Fund
Poor Fund
Bourne Relief - Overseas Projects
Bourne Family Project:
Donations and fundraising
Grant - Children in Need
Grant - Aviva
Grant - Quartet Foundation
Total restricted funds
Designated funds:
Fixed assets fund
Maintenance fund
Bourne Family Project
Total designated funds
General funds
Total unrestricted funds
Total funds
Unrestricted funds		 At 1 April
2019
£
5,221
2,563
-
-
13,522
9,329
446
1,000
2,632
34,713
376,561
9,339
-
385,900
28,434
414,334
449,047		 Income
£
11,811
171
726
200
9,147
3,253
32,451
-
4,622
62,381
-
10,870
9,942
20,812
71,819
92,631
155,012		 £
(4,927)
(285)
-
(200)
(8,321)
(6,222)
(31,826)
(1,000)
(3,129)
(55,910)
(13,003)
(3,478)
(18,942)
(35,423)
(58,128)
(93,551)
(149,461)
Expenditure		 £
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
954
-
9,000
9,954
(9,954)
-
-
Transfers
between
funds		 At 31
March
2020
£
12,105
2,449
726
-
14,348
6,360
1,071
-
4,125
41,184
364,512
16,731
-
381,243
32,171
413,414
454,598

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Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2021

15. Operating lease commitments

The charity had operating leases at the year end with total future minimum lease payments as follows:

Amount falling due:
Within 1 year
Within 1 - 5 years		 2021
£
2,839
7,251
10,090		 2020
£
2,839
10,090
12,929

16. Capital commitments

The charity entered into a contract for roof repairs with Mitie Tilley Roofing Ltd in the prior year. The total contract value was £27,793 including VAT. The works were due to commence on 31 March 2020 but had been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The work commenced when restrictions were lifted and was completed within 3 weeks of the start date. All commitments were fulfilled.

17. Related party transactions

Trustees and connected persons donated, before gift aid, £17,605 (2020: £16,660) to the charity during the year. There were no other related party transactions.

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